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the check engine light is no longer on

Apparently, the reason why my car was misfiring and behaving weirdly this weekend was that MICE had nested under the hood and chewed on the ignition wires. One bailout from my dad later, the car is fixed; one stop at the hardware store later, there's a stocking leg filled with mothballs taped into the engine compartment, which the guy at the dealership suggested to repel future mice.

Just for the record, the stocking leg was from a pair of purple and black striped tights that had developed a hole in the crotch. I felt okay sacrificing them because I have another pair of purple and black striped tights with no holes.